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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2012
Yoshiki Kimura, Fukuoka, JP;
Yoshiki Kimura, Fukuoka, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kitakyushu-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A robot system includes a robot hand for transferring substrates stored within a storage unit in multiple stages along a vertical direction, and a position detecting unit for detecting storage positions of the substrates stored within the storage unit. The robot system further includes a clearance calculating unit for calculating a clearance between the adjoining substrates on the basis of the storage positions of the substrates detected by the position detecting unit, and an entry permission/prohibition determining unit for determining permission or prohibition of entry of the robot hand into a space between the substrates on the basis of the clearance calculated by the clearance calculating unit.